Monument at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Admiral & General Robert Blake d. 1657
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF ROBERT BLAKE / ADMIRAL AND GENERAL / OF THE FLEET WHO / TRUSTING IN GOD AND / IN THE VALOUR OF HIS / COUNTRYMEN WROUGHT / GREAT VICTORIES FOR / ENGLAND AT SEA AND / WORTHILY MAINTAINED / THE HONOUR OF THE NATION / HE WAS BORN IN 1598 / AT BRIDGEWATER & DIED / DURING HIS LAST VOYAGE / HOME ON AUGUST 7TH 1657
"AND WHO DESIRED NO GREATER / WORLDLY HAPPINESS THAN TO / BE ACCOUNTED HONEST AND / FAITHFULL IN HIS EMPLOYMENT"'
Details
Description: Arms above, round relief of ship below
Type: Monument
Position: South choir aisle
Date Erected: 1945
Artists: G. Ledward
Type: Monument
Position: South choir aisle
Date Erected: 1945
Artists: G. Ledward
People
Blake, Robert
Age: 58
Date of Death: 7/8/1657
Cause of Death: War Wounds
Rank / Occupation: Admiral and General at Sea
Organisation: Commonwealth Navy
Age: 58
Date of Death: 7/8/1657
Cause of Death: War Wounds
Rank / Occupation: Admiral and General at Sea
Organisation: Commonwealth Navy
Extra
Notes: Originally buried in Henry VII Chapel, then exhumed in 1661 and reburied in the churchyard.